The city of Mozart: Salzburg
UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site and cultural city at the River Salzach
Salzburg: the birth place of Mozart, is worth a trip during any season. During summer the Salzburg Festivals bring high class festival celebrities to Salzburg, and during winter the Christmas Markets in front of the Salzburg Dome create an enchanting atmosphere.
Salzburg is only one hour by car from your Hotel in Mariastein. The city is an ideal destination for an excursion or day trip from Mariastein. Leave your car in one of the town garages: for instance park at the Parkhaus Altstadtgarage and already you are right in the centre of town, where the many exciting sights are located in dense population.
Salzburg has many wonderful streets, the most famous is probably Getreidegasse (Corn Street), where the signs of the old craftsmen still glaze each shop front, reaching up high above your heads when walking down this famous Salzburg street. Every single shop, the small as well as the world famous fashion brands, have such a sign falling in line with the charm of this ancient street. There are great opportunities for shopping in Salzburg but also unique Austrian culinary highlights are on offer at Getreidegasse, which is also home to Mozart’s Birth Place. Visit the famous genius’ birth place and get to know the premises in which the musical wonder child grew up.
The city of Salzburg: “Jedermann” and Christmas Markets
“Jedermann” by Hugo von Hofmannsthal is performed in front of the Salzburg Dome during the Salzburg festivals since 1920 every year. The Salzburg Festivals, founded amongst others by Hugo von Hofmannsthal turn Salzburg into a cosmopolitan metropolis for culture and arts every summer. Stars and starlets, the international who is who of opera, concert and theatre lovers slender through the narrow streets of Salzburg’s old town in their best evening robes and bring a rather special flair to Salzburg.
Also during the rest of the year Salzburg attracts with its many cultural forms of entertainment: concerts, theatre performances and impressive art displays at the museum of modern art hold a fascinating potpourri of culture for you. And once winter arrives at Salzburg, covering the city in romantic white – it’s time to visit the famous Salzburg Christmas Markets which excites locals and guests alike with its fairytale like atmosphere, mulled wine and other Austrian titbits and pre Christmas traditions.
Visit the city of Salzburg and experience a wonderful excursion to the birthplace of Mozart. The capital of the Salzburg province is only one hour by car from Hotel Mariasteiner Hof. Send your non-binding online enquiry to secure a room at Mariasteiner Hof now and look forward to your day trip to Salzburg.
